Sharon C. Leviton served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law where she taught Family Law Mediation and Crisis Management, and she is a member of the faculty of the Attorney—Mediator Institute of Houston, Texas. She was a family dispute mediator and crisis specialist in private practice in Dallas, Texas. She was one of the first mediators and trainers for the Dispute Mediation Service of Dallas in the 1980’s. She was a Practitioner Member of the Academy of Family Mediators and served as one of the organization's early training supervisors.

Dr. Leviton served as the vice chairman of the American Board of Examiners in Crisis Intervention, Executive Director of the Southwestern Academy of Crisis Interveners, and a Fellow of both the American Academy of Crisis Interveners and the Southeastern Academy of Crisis Interveners.

Dr. Leviton is a coauthor of Winning Through Accommodation: The Mediator's Handbook; Elements of Crisis Intervention; Hotline: A Crisis Intervention Directory; The Crisis Intervener's Handbook; and Crisis Intervention: Handbook for Interveners. She has edited the Crisis Intervener's Newsletter and the journal Emotional First Aid. Audiocassette series include Crisis Management and Intervener Survival; Stress Reduction: Personal Energy Management; and Training the Trainer. She has contributed chapters to Innovative Psychotherapies, The Wiley Encyclopedia of Psychology, and The Crisis Intervention Compendium and Mediation Quarterly. Dr. Leviton is a graduate of the Harvard Law School, Program on Negotiations. She has published articles, papers, and editorials in family and marital dispute mediation, psychotherapy, crisis intervention, and stress management. Dr. Leviton can be reached at Drleviton1@juno.com